Migration and clean install

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Migration and clean install

I'm buying a new iMac to replace another one (both have Leopard) which I'm giving to my father in law. I know that I can migrate information and apps to the new iMac but I would like to delete personal information, user info, and documents on the old iMac while keeping some of the application, iphoto picures, iWork, and Parallels etc. Would rather not do a complete clean install and reinstall everything. Is that my only option?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on May 26, 2008 12:04 PM

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V.K.

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May 26, 2008 12:19 PM in response to mcg

you can do an [archive and install|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1103.html] without preserving user and network settings. This will keep the apps but delete the user data.

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May 27, 2008 7:52 AM in response to mcg

I would always do a fresh install. You never know what remaining data will cause any confusion in the future. I would not like to depend on any program, which itself rely on common rules, like e.g. just copy your home directory, skipping some temp or whatever.

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